The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-21
FOOD FOR xTHOUGH'r,

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We must never undervalue any per.
| son. The w0rkmSn loves not that hi.
work should be despised in his pres
ence.
Seek to converse in purity with your
own pure mind and with God. The
first and highest purity is that or the
soul. III
The good deeds Of life are the notes
OF q beautiful song which the angels
Sing to us as we walk through the val.
ley Of the shadow OF death.
Love alone Is wisdom, love alone i.
power; and where love seems to fail, II .
Is where self has stepped between and
dulled the potency Of its rays.
/ Lite has no wretchedness equal to az
lll-sorted marriage-it is the sepulchre
Of the heart, haunted by ghosts Of past
affections and hopes gone forever.
| We gain nothing by being with such
as ourselves. We encourage ono anoth.
er In mediocrity. am always longing
to be with men more excellent than
myself.
To feel much for others, and little fol
ourselves; to restrain our selfish, and
to indulge our benevolent affections
constitute the perfection Of human ma
ture.
1t may be that luck goes I'D and
down the world calling on men and
women, but the name has been spelled
Pluck on all of her cards that have
come under our eye.
Hope nothing from luck, and the
probability is that you will be 80 pre-.
pared, so forewarned and forearmed,
that all shallow observers will call you
lucky. ..s
Alasl 1t Is not till time with reckless
hand. has torn out half the leaves from
the book Of human life, to light the fires
Of passion with from day to day, that
man begins to see that the leaves which
remain are few in number.
Were half of the effort made to i'm.
prove and perfect us In what we are
than we make to appear what we are
not, we should be more perfect men
and women than we are. y,
Every man who rises above the com
mon level receives two educatlons- the
first from his instructors; the secbnd
the most personal and important, from.
himself.
Character is the eternal temple that
each one begins to rear, yet death only
can complete. The finer the arcllitec.
ture the more ct for the irdwelling OF
angels. T
The appropriate character of wbman
demands dellcacy, OF appearance and
manners, refinement Of senCiment) gen.
tleness in speech, modesty IN feeling
and action, a shrinking from notbriety
and public gaze.
The wise man changes his mini, the
| 1x;ll Thn fhrro
will acknowledge his error and cbrrect
it, but the pertinacity with which the
latter adheres to his opinions always
bears a just proportion tohis lgno{ance,
There is an old German prov4rb ia
the effect that great war leaves the
country with three armies-an army OF
cripples, an army Of mourners. ahd an
army OF thieves.
Honor and justice, reason and equity,
60 a great way in procuring prosperity
failure, they secure the best retreat and
the most honorable consolation.
A good book and a good woman are
excellent things for those who know
how to justly appreciate their value.
both from the beauty Of their COVERING.
Whoever sincerely endeavors to do
all the good he can, will probably dc
much more than he imagines, or will
ever know to the day Of judgement,
made manifest.
love truth because love to have
an apple thought to be an apple, and a
hand hand, and the whole beauty and
'hopefulness Of Gods creation a truth
instead Of a lie.
Speak only to be true, and you will
hear truth speaking from heaven, and
from the earth, and to your own being.
J Every one that IS Of the truth heareth
her divine voice. tf.
To speak the truth and perform good
offices are two things that resemble
God. y Every man ought tc
speak and act with such perfect integ.
!, rity that no one could have reason te
doubt his simple affirmation. ~
A man who shows no defect IS foo
or q hypocrite, whom we should mis-
trust. There are defects so bH9pd tc
fine qualities that they annorntX ben
defects which 1t Is we'll not ~ c.ect
Avoid the companion WHIP 16sts al
everythingl Some people diaparage, by
| some ludicrous association, hll objects
5 which are presented to theiY thoughts,
and thereby render themselves incapa.
: BILE Of any emotion which Jean either
elevate OF soften them; they bring upon
their moral being an Influence more
whitening than the blasts Of the desert,
: Unsatisfactory occupation; absorb.
. ing. uncongenial business, place moi
seeming the right one Tor capacity; sur.
, roundings not congruous or friendly
all these seeming hinances can bt
transmitted, and made doorways and
aids to help us to God. And, In thu
end. it is probable that all our life w Ill
bs seen to have been presided over by a